• Light Table: Beauty of the Day

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    Photo: Tony Ward

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    Posted on May 21, 2013

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  • A.H. Scott: Sequester This!

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    Posted on May 20, 2013 by A.H. Scott

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    Sequester didn’t arrive in a blink of the eye
    Just another Washington gimmick that’s been coming for a long time
    Compromise drowned in the Potomac yesteryear
    No one buried it
    Not even a tear
    Just strangled by brittle ideologies
    Hell no, there’s no apologies
    Press conferences, photo ops and other follies
    Hot Potato, Hot Potato…who’s catching the volley
    Game of chicken played on both ends of Penn Avenue
    Presidential grace
    Congressional disgrace
    Who blinks first?
    All trying to win the race
    Upper hand or jockeying to save face
    What has become of this place?
    Bitter scowls and constant fight
    Shutting it down will make a point?
    Grand Bargain?
    Fiscal Cliff?
    Citizens’ howl, “What the fuck is this?”
    Terms no one understands
    Politicians’ dictionary held in their hands
    Making up words on the fly
    Acting like false philosophers
    Staking out positions that shift with donations
    Words of heft, yet action bereft
    Apathy is a politicians’ golden key
    Locked and sheltered inside the power dome
    They are self assured that no one will send them home
    Bizarre explanations of what words really mean
    Americans are in a quandary before never seen
    Bieber, Kardashian, Swift are the narcotic drip
    Hypnotized by mediocrity, Americans become zombies
    Saturated in simplicity
    This is a fact that those in power always sees
    Wake up America and hold your shoulders straight
    Shrug no more
    Wrestle sequestration to the floor
    Or, vote the bastards out on a cold November morn for sure
    Hold up your fist
    Stick out your middle finger
    Tell them in Washington two words of bliss
    SEQUESTER THIS!!!

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  • Kevin Stewart: Old School Shirt Makers

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    Posted on May 19, 2013

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  • TWS: Supports Same Sex Marriage

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    Photo: Tony Ward

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    Photo: Tony Ward

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    Posted on May 16, 2013

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  • Deja vu: OJ Simpson in Court Again

    OJ on CNN

    OJ on CNN

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    Posted on May 15, 2013 by Tony Ward

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    ……….Every time I see an image on television of OJ Simpson these days its almost surreal and in stark contrast to the images I recall of him during my youth. I distinctly remember how captivated I was when I was twelve years old watching his extraordinary talents on the grid iron unfold when he played college football at USC. I followed him through his glory days in the NFL and when he retired, as an announcer working the side lines on Monday Night Football, where I first saw an image of OJ with his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson. How things have changed.

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    Like most Americans in 1995, I was riveted to the news and press coverage of the “Trial of the Century”. And like most of us who watched the coverage intently – can recall where they were when the verdict was read on October 3, 1995. For me it is an easy date to remember. I was on assignment for GEORGE, a magazine about politics founded by J.F. Kennedy Jr. and published by Hachette Fillipacchi Media, based in New York. I was assigned to travel to Washington D.C. to photograph Dick Armey, the former Republican House Majority Leader who later became a Tea Party founder. Mr. Armey had a television turned on to the coverage in his stately office, in anticipation of the reading of the verdict in Simpson’s notorious murder trial. An inexorable link was formed as Mr. Armey and I were equally shocked by the verdict.

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    Dick Armey

    Dick Armey: House Majority Leader, 1995

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    The stakes are equally high for Simpson in this most recent court room appearance. He is now 65 years old and is currently serving a 35 year sentence on a robbery conviction, involving an incident that took place in a Las Vegas hotel room in 2007. The Shakespearean saga continues.

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  • Portrait of the Day: May 14, 2013

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  • Kevin Stewart: Old School Shirt Makers

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    Posted on May 13, 2013

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    Editor’s Note: The Spring Collection is now available to view and shop at www.OldSchoolShirtmakers.com

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  • Happy Mother’s Day!

    Jean Ward: Circa 1950's

    Jean Ward: Circa 1950′s

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    Posted on May 12, 2013 by Tony Ward

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    …….On July 9th, 2013 Jean Ward, a mother of three children and three grandchildren will celebrate her 93 birthday. Happy Mother’s Day mom and to all the good mother’s in the world!

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    Photography by Milt Ward, Copyright 2013


  • Mikel Elam: On The Mend

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    Posted on May 9, 2013 by Mikel Elam

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    Artwork by Mikel Elam, Copyright 2013